《2025年金考卷名师名题单元双测卷高中英语必修第三册译林版》

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
[2025长沙一中高一月考] Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has greatly shortened how long it takes to organize, identify and study animal sounds — as well as to find out which parts of those sounds might carry meaning. One day we'll be able to use AI to help translate complex(复杂的) animal sounds into human language. Project CETI is just one organization working toward this goal.
“AI could eventually get us to the point where we understand animals, but that's challenging and needs a long-term process,” says Karen Bakker, a researcher at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. “Some species have been on the planet longer than humans. Some species could go extinct before we find out their language,” Bakker adds. “Besides, the idea of walking around with an animal translator may seem cool, but many animals might not be interested in communicating.”
“Why would a bat want to speak to you?” she asks. What interests her is what we can learn from how bats and other creatures talk amongst each other. “We should listen to nature and catch animals' requirements in order to better protect them,” she argues. And a system set up to record whales or elephants can also track their positions. This can help our boats avoid whales or protect elephants from illegal hunting.
Protection is one goal driving Project CETI. “If we understand sperm whales better, we will be better at understanding what's troubling them,” says Gašper Beguš, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley. Learning that a species has something very similar to language or culture could also encourage people to work harder to protect it.
When we protect an animal that has some version(版本) of language or culture, we're not simply protecting lives but also saving a way of life. Marine biologist Denise Herzing says that animals are supposed to have a pleasant environment so that their cultures can develop well.
57. What does Project CETI aim to do?
A. Share our language with animals.
B. Tell the complex animal behavior.
C. Organize more research on animals.
D. Help understand animals' language.
58. What does Bakker think of understanding animals' language?
A. Costly.
B. Difficult.
C. Debatable.
D. Worthless.
59. How can we protect animals effectively according to paragraph 3?
A. By studying their habits.
B. By using quieter boat engines.
C. By learning about their needs.
D. By setting up habitats for them.
60. Which statement will Herzing probably agree with?
A. We should learn animals' language.
B. Saving nature means saving ourselves.
C. Animals' culture matters a lot to nature.
D. Animals deserve a healthy natural world.

答案： 57. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“One day we’ll be able to use AI to help translate complex(复杂的) animal sounds into human language. Project CETI is just one organization working toward this goal”可知,CETI项目的目的是利用人工智能将动物的声音翻译为人类语言,由此可推断CETI项目旨在帮助理解动物的语言。
58. B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“AI could eventually get us to the point where we understand animals, but that’s challenging and needs a long-term process”可知,Bakker认为人工智能可以让我们理解动物,但这有一定挑战,需要一个长期的过程。
59. C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“We should listen to nature and catch animals’ requirements in order to better protect them”可知,我们可以通过了解动物的需求来有效地保护它们。
60. D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Marine biologist Denise Herzing says that animals are supposed to have a pleasant environment so that their cultures can develop well”可知,Herzing认为动物应该有一个舒适的环境,这样它们的文化才能发展得好。故Herzing可能会同意“动物应该拥有一个健康的自然世界”的说法。